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Children and young people (CYP) who are looked after (LAC) by local authorities are seen by community paediatricians for their initial health assessments (IHA). They come into the care of local authorities because of various reasons and according to the latest Government statistics (1), 80850 children and young people are in care in England which is an all-time high (up by 1% from 2020 data). The objective of our current project was to look at the primary reasons for CYPs coming into care in our locality (Bedford borough and part of Central Bedfordshire).

We looked at the SystmOne records for all LAC CYPs who were seen between 01/11/2020 to 31/10/2021 by community paediatricians in our department for their IHA. After obtaining necessary permissions from the trust, a list of these CYPs were prepared and authors looked at their records to access referral letter and IHA reports. Reasons for being …